subpoenaed by the doj. meadows one of the highest ranking trump aids to be subpoenaed. this is the trumps counsel we are learning is locked in mortal court battles. the details next. in a battle brewing in texas tonight after university professors were asked to give a statement on their commitment to diversity before they re hired. the story you ll see first up front. plus, russia adopting thousands of ukrainian children in a massive re-education effort. it s a damning new report, saying some of them are up for adoption, others being trained now to join the military. let s go out front. and good evening. welcome to a special edition of out front. i m erin burnett, and we begin with the breaking news tonight. trumps former chief of staff, mark meadows, subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former president s attempt to cling to power. now, of course, remember, meadows helped lay the groundwork for from s election life, which ultimately fueled the violence and
viewers joining us here in united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom. and i m rosemary church. just ahead, students demand action on guns in the wake of the michigan state university shooting. we ll discuss what needs to be done to prevent the tragedies we re seeing all too often in america schools. former south carolina governor nikki haley throws her hat in the 2024 presidential reign. but she will likely face some stiff competition in the republican primary. and as the death toll in the turkey syria quake continues to rise, images of rescue teams find a survivors under the rubble offer a glimmer of hope. we begin this hour in east lansing michigan. the community is mourning three college students killed in a mass shooting and praying for five others still in the hospital. we have new video showing students at michigan state university hiding from the gunman in the classroom. it s stupid. they already evacuated the other room. [screaming] get
thnc . this is a story that everybody is fascinated with. is it a bird, plane? even pilots want to know. everyone wants to know. good morning, everyone. poppy on assignment. that was new cockpit audio of a u.s. fighter jets intercepting a mysterious flying object over michigan. more on that in a moment. but first donald trump s first major 2024 challenger kicking off the race with a speech just hours from now. how many other republicans will join the fray? that s a question as well. spoiler alert, a lot. trump s legal team could be getting deeper over classified documents that he took to mar-a-lago. the justice department is now saying they believe there is evidence of a crime as they are trying to force one of his attorneys to testify without attorney-client privilege. he was previously arrested on a felony gun charge. so why and how did the michigan state mass shooter have a pistol in the first place and there s a new study from the secret service. is there
of asian men is jailed for eight and a half years. china and russia have denounced a defence pact, agreed by the us, uk and australia, that will provide australia with nuclear powered attack submarines. russia said the pact would bring years of confrontation to asia. the chinese foreign ministry said the three countries were on a path of error and danger, calling the deal a violation of the aims of the international non proliferation treaty. here s the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson wang wenbin speaking at the daily press briefing. translation: china has repeatedly stressed that the aukus pact - and the three countries efforts to advance cooperation on nuclear submarines and other cutting edge military technology is typical cold war mentality. it will only spur an arms race and undermine the international nonproliferation regime and harm regional peace and stability. peace loving countries have expressed their serious concern and opposition. the three countries lates
different locations. this is something we get to watch on the news. i needed to do something. i needed to grab the gun and save myself. no refuge. we will move from this period of darkness be to a period of light even though it hurts so m much. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, january 24th, 9 a.m. here in london. 1 a.m. in california where three mass shootings within three days have rocked the state with some of the strictest gun laws in the rest. one person is dead, seven wounded in oakland. meanwhile, the fbi is assisting the police in the coastal city of half moon bay after a pair of shootings there. police say the shooter opened fire in two different locations killing at least seven people and critically injuring another. one of the sites is a trucking facility. the other a mushroom farm roughly two miles away. police say the suspect may have been employed at either place but the farm s o